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British Sociologist Predicts Possible Collapse in Jehovah's Witness Numbers
by slimboyfat ina newly published article by british sociologist david voas argues jehovah's witnesses may be about to experience a collapse in numbers.
contrary to claims by american sociologist rodney stark who predicts strong future growth for jehovah's witnesses, voas shows that jehovah's witnesses' efforts at recruiting new members have become increasingly unsuccessful over the past few decades: the rate of increase has steadily declined, and the number of hours each publisher must preach to produce an extra convert has gone up substantially.
voas suggests a reason for the stagnation may be that there is a natural limit to the number of people in a given population that are susceptible to conversion to sectarian groups like jehovah's witnesses - the 'carrying capacity' of the population, and that the limit has largely been reached.
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The Mormons would not let me speak at my Dad's funeral
by FormerMormon in--because i no longer nelieve.
i was excommunicated for "apostasy".
that was their rationale for not allowing me to speak at his funeral last month.
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Dear God...
by FormerMormon indear god,.
i don't know if you are watching or not.
but a lot has happened down here since you let your son be tortured to death.. we can print new hearts and grow new organs.. we can clone ourselves.. we can make 3 parent babies.. we are successfully integrating computers with our nervous system right now.. is it ok if we merge with computers?
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Big Love - temple scene and Barb's excommunication
by undercover inwho saw big love last night?.
...and here i thought jws were fucked up.... the whole temple thing was just surreal.
i've always liked barber's adagio, but that music made it even creepier.... jws got nuthin on their temples and ceremonies.... jws are cult lite compared to that shit.... but.... the disciplinary meeting that barb went to with the elders...how deja vu was that?
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Big Love does the Mormon Temple ceremony this Sunday
by FormerMormon inhttp://www.salamandersociety.com/temple/ (shows a pic from tv guide).
damn... i gotta get hbo.. i wonder which version they'll do.
the throat and intestine spilling oaths or the more sanitized ones they have been using since 1990. they can't show the whole endowment ceremony in one episode.
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If Israel is nuked off the map by Iran ...
by sacolton inwould that mean the bible isn't true?
israel plays a very important part to fulfill prophecy.
your thoughts?.
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Introvert or Extrovert
by FormerMormon inon exmo sites, we have done polls.
people who leave the lds cult lean heavily to the introverted side.
i suspect many extroverts have too much to lose socially to allow themselves to think.
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Touchy-Feely Church Ritual
by cameo-d in.
what do you all think of this?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkg5kmnzzcm.
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Big Love/Mormon Temple Ceremony Understanding Why people would do something so freakish
by FormerMormon inbig love will be showing some of the iiner workings of mormon temple rituals this sunday.
it could freak a lot of people out.
i wanted to write and tell how/why people would do something so wierd.. there have been several huge changes to the temple ceremony.